Other	3 Months Ended
Mar. 25, 2012
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]
Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure	OTHER Accelerated Depreciation In the first quarter of 2012, we recorded a $6.7 million charge for accelerated depreciation for certain assets at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s (“T&G”) facility in Millbury, Mass., associated with the consolidation of most of T&G’s printing into The Boston Globe’s (the “Globe”) facility in Boston, Mass., which was completed early in the second quarter of 2012. Severance Costs We recognized severance costs of $5.3 million in the first quarter of 2012, and $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2011. These costs were recognized at the News Media Group and Corporate in the first quarter of 2012 and are recorded in “Selling, general and administrative costs” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of March 25, 2012, we had a severance liability of approximately $14 million included in “Accrued expenses” in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Other

3 Months Ended

Mar. 25, 2012

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure

OTHER

Accelerated Depreciation

In the first quarter of 2012, we recorded a $6.7 million charge for accelerated depreciation for certain assets at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s (“T&G”) facility in Millbury, Mass., associated with the consolidation of most of T&G’s printing into The Boston Globe’s (the “Globe”) facility in Boston, Mass., which was completed early in the second quarter of 2012.

Severance Costs

We recognized severance costs of $5.3 million in the first quarter of 2012, and $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2011. These costs were recognized at the News Media Group and Corporate in the first quarter of 2012 and are recorded in “Selling, general and administrative costs” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of March 25, 2012, we had a severance liability of approximately $14 million included in “Accrued expenses” in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.